What does "laconic atmosphere" mean here? It's from "The Case for Classicism" by Lovecraft. > The first thing one remarks on reading his frigid “Engineering English” is its **laconic atmosphere** of aloofness from vivid feeling and from love of pure harmonic beauty.

Laconic:

> using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

So basically, it's indicating this piece doesn't require a lot of words to express itself. "Laconic" also tends to imply that this terseness is intentional.